Telegram-herald., 1887-12-18
PERSONAL sAsAeaapns

Hso<zc Tunasl ls to be hgAtsa by 50 IN
csaassoect lamps
A r~eeas tr.xi IN japan betsesa 0~n&s
AID E-si-sh rails resulted IA bEstlsh sle-
tory.
Thsrs Is propo<itios fer the eolonixsfiea
q al toe dIvlnk AFds - tie Jnitse ststs IN
tie .'FAnAsaass- secsaon u fex@s
The Grs<t Eastern. which originally cost
s. So &C. and Nss sod year ss0 for sls5,-
Goo has again bsen sold sG sucIioE in Liver
pool for sioo, 90.
Paris is ~ have this winter an interns-
tional exhibition o. devices for preventing
and extingalsling fires ia theatres There
viii To theatrical performances with slam
fires
California tramp SCI FIRE 90 iot Of rail-
road ties in order that he might be sent 20
stats prison and learn trade. He said that
was his only chance Of becoming anything
bat tramp
The grand rabbi Of India won first prize &C
the Rothschild wedding 10 Paris recently Tor
tbs greatest show OF diamonds HIS exhibit
was worn ia his turban and was valued At
$4,000
Between !. .00o, 600 and 1000, 900 farmers in
the United States are affected by the decision
OF the United States supreme court that tie
drive well patents are illegal on account OF
priority OF use.
The rualadministration Of justice is said TO
have become such an evil at Montreal that
the lawyers are considering the advisability
Of repeating their action of some years ago by
refusing 10 plead
Women do not generally avail themselves
OF the privilege 20 vote for school officers in
Massachusetts. Only sS7 women registered
in 1881 in Boston, against z, 23s in 1857. and
l,l9S in 1856.
The largest plate Of beveled glass ever set
| in the United States has been placed in Do
troit saloon front 1t is thirteen feet scross
| and three-eighths of foot in thickness.
There is a cotton plant at Narcoossse, Fla 4,
that is over five feet across the branches and
has from $50 10 400 blooms II contains cot
ton in all its branches, from the swelling bud
| TO the mature article.
Chicago is going TO spend 81, 600, 900 this
winter in "A frseh attempt 10 secure pure drink
| ing water. The scheme advanced this time
is a tunnel, eight feet in diameter, extending
out into Lake Michigan a distance Of fouI
miles.
| A Philadelphian recently cut his great toe
while trimming the nail and claimed com
pensation from an accident insurance ssso-
| citation for one weeks total disability. The
association refused 10 pay until suit was
brought, and then il paid up.
The Covington (renn.) Leader claims "a
have discovered in Upton county a maiden
who rivals Rarey in her power of mag
neti1ng the equine species. She can ride and
drive at moments notice horses and mules
that nobody else can handle.
At recent entertainment in Philadelphia
admission was not by ticket but by
! vegetable, each person being required 70
hand over to the doorkeeper potato or some
other vegetable product. The net proceeds
were distributed among the poor.
Fourteen years ago bottle of milk placed
in a we'll at Owensboro, Ky, 10 cool, fell
into the water The other day the well was
cleaned out, and under about six feet of mud
was found the bottle, and the milk within
was apparently as sweet and good as the day
it was put in
Eastern sportsmen are advised TO 60 10
Whatcom, Washington territory. On the
islands opposite deer are so numerous es to be
positive nuisance, destroying orchards and
grain. crops not protected by picket or wire